ITV Love Island outrage as teacher 'gets time off' to join show while parents fined for holidays
Omar entered the villa on Friday evening
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Love Island fans have been left outraged at the latest islander to enter the villa after they learned that Omar Nyame had been given off from his job as a PE teacher to take part in the series - despite thousands of parents being fined for taking their children on holiday.
The first recoupling saw Mimii Ngulube left standing by herself after bombshell Uma Jammeh stole Ayo Odukoya from Ngulube, leaving the islanders to fear she had met the same fate as Sam Taylor and be dumped from the island.
However, as she stood at the firepit, her phone chimed and revealed she had a date with Nyame who was waiting outside the villa for her, giving her another chance at love.
As she met him on the villa driveway the pair began to discuss the basic information of how old they were, where they were from and what they did as their jobs.
Nyame - from Croydon - revealed he was a PE teacher which left eagle-eyed fans to pick up on the fact that schools across the country were still in attendance and weren't breaking up for the summer for another few weeks.
Some also noted the fact that many parents who do take their children out of school during term time for a holiday would later be met with a hefty fine.
Mimii Ngulube was left standing alone at the recoupling
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Noting their fury on X, one commented: "Ermmmmmm hold on sunny Jim….. Teacher is having time off for a bit of Love Island but I’ve got an attendance officer patronising me because I’m not willing to pay an extra £2k on a holiday in the summer break. Make it make sense. Fine him and his parents."
Another added: "So parents can't take their kids on holiday during term but a teacher can go on Love Island."
"PE TEACHER??? I hope he’s getting fined for going on holiday out of school term," a third expressed before someone else said: "Can’t take my daughter on holiday without being fined BUT a PE teacher can go on Love Island."
However, some were quick to defend the teacher, as one noted: "He's probably a qualified PE Teacher without a job teaching at this current time hence he's on Love Island.
Mimii and Omar enjoyed their date with one another
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"You as a parent can do as you wish and receive the fine your child is not held hostage!!!" (sic)
Discussing what he wanted during his time in the villa, Nyame told various press: "I’m done with messing around and casually seeing girls, I want to find real love. I’ve done the whole party thing and dated lots of people but now I’m ready to find the real deal.
"I’m very confident in who I am and my looks. I'd like to think the way I can speak to women helps me out because I'm not shy and afraid to say how I feel about them."
The first episode of the new season saw an impressive 2.2 million people across multiple devices tune in, making it the most-viewed first episode in four years.
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Fans were furious he was 'given time off' from teaching
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According to Variety, last year's summer series drew in 1.3 million people, which was just above half the audience that had tuned in for the 2022 summer launch show.
Former Love Island star Faye Winter recently sat down with GB News to discuss the longevity of the series and said: "I think as long as the producers bring in fresh and new ideas, I think it will thrive. I think people love the idea of watching people find love and the drama in the sun.
"However, the only way it will be made to retire is if trolling still carries on, if the negativity still carries on because that is a lot of weight for people to carry.
"Ultimately yes, we do choose to go on the show and yes it is our decision, and people say you must know and understand what you are coming out to - but nobody can prepare you for what you come out to face."